tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77773510652643431012009-10-12T19:33:47.486-07:00Shiyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09540621109995561762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777351065264343101.post-53012677849260948402009-08-23T19:07:00.000-07:002009-08-23T19:28:49.479-07:00"Rabbi, are you Orthodox?" is a question I get all the time. <br /><br /> I recently read this great article on Chabad.org. I got a chuckle out of it, but I am proud to say that I am a Classic Jew.<br />Here is the beginning:<br /><p>"It's got to be one of the toughest marketing problems of all time: selling Orthodox Judaism. You gotta hand it to <span onclick="Page_Glossary.complete_show(this);" onmouseover="show_glossary(this);" onmouseout="Page_Glossary.hide(this);" class="glossary_item" glossary_item="479168">Chabad</span>. They're making amazing progress, especially when you think about what an unmarketable name they have to deal with: Orthodox Judaism.</p> <p>Come on, just think about it. Let it roll off your tongue: Orthodox. Orthodox. Orthodox. I'm sorry. It just doesn't work. It doesn't roll off the tongue. No, sir. It stumbles. It tumbles. It lands in a puddle with a splat. But it doesn't roll. Nope. Oh, there are other names for people who keep the <span onclick="Page_Glossary.complete_show(this);" onmouseover="show_glossary(this);" onmouseout="Page_Glossary.hide(this);" class="glossary_item" glossary_item="477931">Shabbat</span>, lay teffillen, etc: Observant, <span onclick="Page_Glossary.complete_show(this);" onmouseover="show_glossary(this);" onmouseout="Page_Glossary.hide(this);" class="glossary_item" glossary_item="474315">Shomer Shabbat</span>, Ultra-Orthodox, Hassidic, Machmir. Yup. Lots of names. None of them good. Or at least not attractive, anyway."</p><p><a href="http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/248950/jewish/Call-Me-Classic.htm">Here's</a> the rest<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7777351065264343101-5301267784926094840?l=rabbysblog.blogspot.com'/></div>Shiyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09540621109995561762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777351065264343101.post-85851091153653241162006-12-29T07:18:00.000-08:002008-12-08T17:21:20.747-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ORJnfBMTncQ/RZgLFc2za5I/AAAAAAAAAAY/l0IuelFEoqk/s1600-h/Tehila.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014770373350353810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ORJnfBMTncQ/RZgLFc2za5I/AAAAAAAAAAY/l0IuelFEoqk/s320/Tehila.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ORJnfBMTncQ/RZVov82za4I/AAAAAAAAAAM/hlbqbTtgoKA/s1600-h/Tehila.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014028933146045314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ORJnfBMTncQ/RZVov82za4I/AAAAAAAAAAM/hlbqbTtgoKA/s320/Tehila.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;">Tehila!</span><br />That means joyous praise. The word "Hallel" derives from tehila, and we recite hallel on only the most joyous occassions, like Yom Tov. So Esther and I thought it appropriate to express our gratitude to Hashem and to bless Tehila with a life full of selfless joy and giving.<br /><br />Thank you to all of you who helped in the naming process. It was actually I who came up with the name Tehila, but I must give credit to all those who helped make my choice difficult.<br /><br />In a close second place behind Tehila, we had Richarda (it was tough, Richard), Sheniqua (Rabbi G), Maimonidesia (Feldy), Achdut (Andrew) and Goldenpalace.com (Jason).<br /><br />Honorable mention to Chaika, Shaina, Chaya, Shalshelet, Jacquelin, Leah (pronounced LAY-uh), Naomi, Shira, Rivka, Sarah, and last and least, Christina (bc she was born on the 4th of Tevet).</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7777351065264343101-8585109115365324116?l=rabbysblog.blogspot.com'/></div>Shiyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09540621109995561762noreply@blogger.com2